I love garlic and onions and many of the meals that are like are chock full of them! I hate to pass them up just because of the breath issue, but I know it can be a problem when I'm talking to someone close range.

I know I'm not going to be able to get the odor to leave the second after I eat it, but is there some way I could minimize the amount of time it's going to stay with me or at least the strength of it? Listerine doesn't automatically cure it. I usually try to chew a piece of gum when I'm going in public, but I really don't like gum and it can be a turn off if I have gum moving around in my mouth during a conversation.

Discreetly bite into a lemon slice or chew some parsley.